KSEC is looking at starting up a new cyborg/implant/hacker style merch range. It is very early stages however we need your input to make this happen. If anyone can let me know the following here or via email that would be of a great help!
Acceptable price ranges for (t-shirts, hoodies, shorts, bags, jacket)
Would you like to customise your own merch ? E.G moving logos/designs
Any general feedback or ideas
There are three core parts to this:
Sustainability / Eco friendly
Customisation
Wide range of designs and merch
We’ve been reviewing a partnership with a printing company to allow for flexibility of items while also being eco friendly as possible. The more feedback and ideas have the better we can build this, so please let us know!
Depends on quality and item… I’m also more likely to pay more the more I like the design.
Just moving the logo/design… Not so much. If I could add personalisation (and it made sense) then more likely.
T shirts are something I wear a lot of, but also something I get a lot of in vendorware. Baseball caps are something I never wear. I don’t know how true any of this is of others though. One of my favourite designs (that I paid for) was the Wondermark steam powered heart if that gives you some ideas towards an aesthetic. (As opposed to anaesthetic).
I was thinking the same, but with a hoodie/jacket. The long sleeves would allow you to emulate a wrist install.
A jacket with a designated pocket for a field detector would be cool too, I often wish I had one on me, and they keep getting destroyed in my wallet.
Either of these would likely require custom tooling though, so probably too much work for a low volume product.
For price ranges (apologies for using USD), I would say $20-35 for a shirt is fairly normal for lower volume merch as long as the fabric is decent. For a good hoodie, $50-85. For a bag, similar range, $40-80, potentially up to around $100 if there’s something special about it.
I would really love to see some kind of branded modular bag, with the ability to move compartments around. That way I could make a proxmark pocket, a lockpick pocket, battery bank pocket, etc. I’ve seen these on the market and owned a few, not sure how hard it would be to find one that you could add branding to.
A card folio of some kind would be neat too, to store the packs of cards already sold by KSEC. Not sure if you already have that, wasn’t able to find it on your site.
I think there could be opportunities for small batch kit carry bags and more security specific items. This would be separate to the merch store however. I’ve wanted to do custom tactical vests for a while.
One update, we’ve had interest from other vendors and will be selling different brands (ones you already one) alongside KSEC and other general merch. We’re hoping to have a solid working demo of the store within a week to pitch to a few companies. Then we can have an official cyborg merch store for multiple companies, alongside security related stuff also.
I’m not sure I can provide you with feedback on prices. But I would like to mention that I’d gladly wear a shirt in support of this Forum. Making merch available to buy is an excellent idea.
We have a working test of fully customisable merch (you can change/add logos, text etc)
There are currently 30+ items that have been made so far
We’re in contact with a few vendors about including their branded merch in the store as well
The initial demo release we’re aiming to be completed by the end of Feb
There are a large number of clothing items available, as well as some other items (Multiple hoodies, various t-shirt options etc)
Custom kit bags are something i’m due to review. They wouldn’t be part of this new store but we could be listed on KSEC Labs. I’d need to do some further research into bag options, patches etc
We’ve opened up the customisation options to a more broad range of items
You can build your own merch from scratch or customise an existing design
Will be adding other vendors merch in after the next phase
Most of the website has been completed (Few small bits left). We’ve got one of our team members working to get the initial release of it up and running asap. Hoping to have it live within the next few weeks.